Natural Sedative for Fasciculations?

[Chickaboo54]

I have noticed that when I drink alcohol, all my symptoms reduce and can even disappear completely. This effect may last through the next day especially if I've had too much. MY sysmptoms have only ever been fascics and the odd cramping concentrated in feet and calf area, with the usual roaming twitch elsewhere. Now obviously I can't get boozed in everyday, but is there a natural sedative that can have the same effect as alcohol?

 

[monoma]

Alcohol helps my twitches too. It must be the relaxing effect that does it.

 

[DaveDiggler]

If it seems to help you then by all means, drink alcohol! For me, it sometimes actually makes the twitching worse....but I still have some drinks here and there.

--David

 

[Chickaboo54]

Hi Dave
I've spent a few hours on this site and read many of the v interesteing articles and replies. I am really starting to beleive that there are probably numerous different reasons why these facics occur in each of us. We're all so complex and various factors in our lives affect them. When i told a friend of mine about my fasics he said "oh yeah I had some of thos a few years ago". He didn't look into the cause of them, he wasn't worried about them, he was just that sort of person who didn't give a monkey's about that sort of thing. And they went!
cheers
Max

 

[DaveDiggler]

I definitely think that personality plays a part into how each of us deals with the twitches. For most people, however, who experience unusual sensations (such as twitches), there comes a point where you start to worry about it for whatever reason. I think my biggest fears were not that it was ALS or some other disease but rather that it would simply never go away. Over time, I think we all can get used to most things. That said, pain is probably one of the hardest things to get used to (if it's even possible to get used to it) so we should probably be very thankful that we are not in severe pain which is caused by the twitches.

Anyway, tonight my twitches are flairing up in my calves quite a bit and I still on my journey to trying to live with it as best as I can. I actually get a little amusement out of watching my calves twitch...I just stare and wonder why they don't just stop!

--David

 

[Chickaboo54]

Dave
if you can laugh at them thats great. I must admit I often think to myself they are benign, they're not doing naything so why don't they just stop!! What winds me up the most is when they just disappear for no reason............ooooo where have they gone..........when are they coming back.........!
keep laughing and smiling

)

 

[DaveDiggler]

Well-

When I wrote that msg yesterday I really thought I was laughing at them a little, but I guess they struck back and last night's sleep was last than excellent...not because I was worried but more because of that annoying sensation. Ah well, hopefully tonight is better... I do agree that sometimes it feels like they've gone away and then BOOM, they're back!

--David